This series sees the retired Black Lightning return to the hero life after a decade hanging up his costume and devoting himself to the life of an educator, as well as its effects on his family life.
While Jefferson is ostensibly the good guy in a storyline that involves talking a woman who drew his daughter into a prostitution ring off of a ledge, Black Lightning thrives in shining a light on why those not as good as Jeffferson are still worth saving
It's all pulled off powerfully and artfully by principal executive producer Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game), who's assisted by DC impresario Greg Berlanti.
Black Lightning has found a way to make the typical superhero origin story, already depicted endlessly on television shows and in movies (and reboots of movies) fresh: by bypassing it altogether.
Black Lightning has dope music, great scenes between a black father and his daughters, intense action scenes, and lays the groundwork for what is to be an epic season of TV.